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This issue involves the proviso dealing with 'quantity unreasonably disproportionate to any stated estimate.' This limitation is fairly easy to understand when the disproportion takes the form of the buyer's demanding more than the amount estimated. If there were no ceiling, and if the price happened to be advantageous to the buyer, he might increase his 'requirements' so that he could resell the good at a profit. See, e.g., Crane v. C. Crane & Co., 105 Fed. 869, 872 (7th Cir. 1901); Weistart, Requirements and Output Contracts: Quantity Variations Under the UCC, 1973 Duke L.J. 599, 640-41; cf. Utah International, Inc. v. ...